Preformed necktie



i Aug; 25, 1936. Fl. WAGENFELD PREFORMED NECK'IIE Filed Jan. 18, 1935 I N V EN TOR. zg w ga ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 25, 1936 Harry Wagenfeld, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Harry Frezel, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application January 18, 1935, Serial No. 2,333

1 Claim.

. The present invention relates to Dre-formed, pre-tied neckties, and it relates more particularly to certain novel featuresof construction whereby a pre-formed necktie may be-produced of duriable and firmconstruction, and having the appearance of a hand-tied tie and being capable of being readily put on and taken off, and which 7 will not slip or become dislodged while in use.

The present invention further relates to other novel features of construction which will appear more fully from the following detailed description.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there are shown in the accompanying drawing forms thereof which are at present preferred, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Referring to the drawing, in which like reference characters indicate like parts,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the completed tie shown from the back.

Figures 2 to 9 inclusive represent development views as well as completed views of a modified embodiment of the present invention, and

Figure 2 represents a view of a modified form of sub-structure or re-enforcement for the knot portion;

Figure 3 represents a similar perspective view of the same, with the wire frame and retaining members applied thereto;

Figure 4 represents a fragmentary view of a modified form of wire retainer applied to the knot body re-enforcement;

Figure 5 represents a perspective view of the wire frame;

Figure 6 represents a development view, in perspective, showing the manner in which the knot portion of the tie may be assembled with the other portions of the device;

Figure '7 represents a similar perspective view showing the completed tie, with the parts broken away;

Figure 8 represents a section taken generally on line 8-8 of Figure '7.

In the embodiment of the present invention the sub-structure of the knot portion may be formed of canvas, buckram or other stiffening ply with the wire frame l9 attached to such buckram or other relatively stiff or sized fabric or fibrous material. The wire frame |9 includes two generally straight legs 20 and 2| and the upper transverse portion or bridge portion 22 which gives the knot portion of the finished product its shape at the top of the knot. The neck-tie fabric which may be a silk or other suitable decorative 5 surfacing fabric 4|, is applied to the sub-structure and fastened thereto by stitches 21 and the stitches 45 engaging its turned-over edges so as to be concealed from the outside, as indicated particularly in Figure 7. The outer pendent portion 26 of the neck-tie may be of the conventiona1 form built up out of any suitable piece of neck-tie fabric or material interfolded and shaped just like the conventional pendent portions of ties are generally formed and shaped, and then sewed to the sub-structure in the back, by means of suitable stitches 21 which are also invisible from without. The neck-encircling rear pendent portion 28 of the tie is also sewed to the sub-structure near the top thereof and off to one side by means of the stitches 29.

The knot portion which is designated generally by the numeral 30 is then bent generally into the form shown in Figure 9 with the neck-tie fabric portion on the outside;the shape of the member then being generally that of a truncated cone with the small end down and with a suitable gap between the edges 3| and 32, and with the pointed ends of the legs 20 and 2| of the frame l9 projecting .downwardly more or less parallel to each other. The device is then applied by merely encircling the neck with the portion 28, while the knot portion 30 is held in place and then slipping the portion 28 through the gap between the edges 3| and 32 and pulling down on the member 28 until the tie is firmly in place, and then permitting the points of the legs 20 and 2| to pierce or to project into the portion 28 so as to lock it in place.

In the present embodiment of my invention, a buckram or other stiffening fabric layer 33 is used, to the longitudinal edges of which tapes 34 and 35 are sewn by stitches 36 and 31, so as to produce slight tubular formations along the longitudinal edges into which the legs 20 and 2| of the generally U shaped frame l9 may be inserted. In Figure 4, a modified form of this is shown in which the tubular formation is first formed by sewing a fabric strip or tape strip separately by the stitches 38 to form the slight tubular body and then sewing the preformed tube to one side of the buckram 33 by means of the stitches 39.

In either event, however, the legs 20 and 2| of the wire frame |9 are inserted into the longitudinal tubular formation and the frame then looked in place by a suitable number of stitches 40 extended through the fabric and surrounding or embracing or encircling the transverse portion 22 of the'wire frame. These may be hand sewn and may be of any number.

The neck-tie fabric for the knot portion 30 is then formed into generally truncated conical formation as indicated at 4|, with the juxtaposed edges sewn to each other or to a binding strip of fabric 42 by means of the stitches 43, and

the front pendent portion 26 of the tie is e xtended through the member 4| while the latter is inside out and sewed in place together there-' with by the stitches 21. The member 28 is likewise sewn in place by the stitches 29 as before,

and the member 4| is then pulled over the substructure fabric 33 and the frame l9 and the upper edges 44 thereof are then folded inwardly or tucked in and stitched in place by the stitches 45; as indicated in Figure '7. The knot portion 30 is then bent into a shape shown in Figure 9, and the product thus completed.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiments be contubular knot portion having a gap at the back and including a stiffening ply of fibrous material, a folded strip providing a tubular chamber ,secured along each side marginal zone of the stiffening ply, a wire frame including an upper transverse portion generally co-extensivewith the upper edge of the knot portion and having a pair of downwardly extending legs in said chambers, at least one ofsaid legs having a pointed end projecting a slight distance beyond'the bottom of the knot portion, a necktie fabric covering the knot portion, a front pendant necktie body secured to =the sti1feningp1y; and. a neckencirclin'g necktie portion having one end secured. to said knot portion and adapted to encircle the] neck and to be inserted through saidgap and adapted to be engaged 'by'the pointed end of said leg. I V a, V

7 V, ,HARRY WAGENFELD. 

